The record, 21 septembre 1987, lundi 21 septembre 1987

Il RAININli N W N Ül IMl 1 M \R\ MOI NI St'HOOl Monday Births, deaths .7 Classified .8 Comics .9 Editorial .4 Farm & Business.5 Living .6 Sports .10-11 Townships.3 You know you’ve got a bad kid when the school wants a written excuse for his presence./• • 3k Weather, page 2 Sherbrooke Monday, September 21, 1987 40 cents WÊfHÊKÊÊtÊÊÊÊÊÊ/ÊÊÊÊÊÊ Oct.tour to give royal couple a view of Quebec regions m 'ralU.vAtW "I gave on the street!" By Peter Lowrey QUEBEC (CP) —The Queen’s visit to Quebec City next month, her first since 1964 when police clubbed separatist demonstrators, will put the crowning touch on Quebec's rapprochement with the rest of Canada, officials say.The Queen and Prince Philip are guaranteed an enthusiastic welcome, says the province’s chief of protocol, when they stop in Quebec City and two small towns in the Lower St.Lawrence, where they were warmly received as a princely couple 36 years ago.The Quebec visit Oct.21-24 will close a 16-day royal tour in which the Queen will open the Common-weath conference in Vancouver on Oct.12 and spend five days in Saskatchewan.Montreal is not on the schedule, not because of any security risk, say Quebec officials, but because of a new policy to spread VIP visits around various regions French president François Mitterrand, for instance, got a look at the remote Gaspé peninsula during a spring visit.The Duke of Edinburgh will be treated to the sight of tens of thou- sands of migrating snow geese at the Cap-Tourmente National Wildlife Reserve, 30 kilometres east of the provincial capital.The royal tour will also include stops in Riviere-du-Loup, a scenic town of 13,000 about 160 kilometres downstream from Quebec City, and the nearby village of La Poca-tiere.on Oct.22.ENSURE WARMTH “We must ensure an extremely warm welcome, and that’s why we’ve chosen a region where the Queen is guaranteed a warm reception,’’ said protocol chief Ray- Townshippers have a hoot in Danville Keith-Ryan elected new Townshippers’ president By Jack Branswell DANVILLE — The eighth annual Townshippers’ Day celebration Saturday was a booming success.More than 4000 people from all over the Eastern Townships came out to show their tartan colors.One of the main purposes of the day, hosted by the Townshippers’ Association, is to gather together Townshippers who would normally not see each other.As Scott Lowd of Martinville put it, “it is a good way to get the English out and let them know that there are still some of us left here.” Lowd was part of the entertainment as he played his violin.The day’s program — emceed by CBC-TV’s Omega Medina — included a long list of music from local musicians, as well as other events such as story-telling for children, a walking tour of Danville, and a computer trivia quiz testing people’s knowledge on the history of the region.Vendors also staffed booths selling everything from plants to stuffed animals to children’s wood puzzles.KEITH-RYAN ELECTED The annual general meeting was also held at which Heather Keith-Ryan of Mansonville was elected as the association’s new president, succeeding Della Goodsell.Her election was by ac- CBC-TV’s Omega Medina, the emcee at Townshippers Day in Danville, went into the crowd to choose a dance partner to liven things up.Who should she pluck from the audience but Gerald Lowd of Martin- RirORD/JACK BRANSWELL ville.The crowd got a big hoot out of this because Medina had picked the father of performer Scott Lowd.clamation.Keith-Ryan had been a vice-president of the association last year, and the nominating committee viewed her as the logical choice.In outlining her priorities for the one-year term Keith-Ryan said she plans to uphold the association’s commitment to getting better health and social services for the region’s elderly and for its youth.Stressing the lack of English services available for both the elderly and young people, Keith-Ryan said “with a popula- tion of our size we should be given better access to services.” Another traditional sore point for the Townshipper s has been the sign clause in Bill 101.Keith-Ryan has had her own experience with the provision, as she owns a Bread-and-Breakfast in Mansonville.“It bothers me to no end, she said, “not being able to put English on my sign.” Keith-Ryan’s attitude on the language law and some health services is that the anglophone’s rights in these areas have been cut and people should know that.YELL AND SCREAM “If your rights have been cut then you should yell and scream and make somebody notice.” Rephrasing her words Keith-Ryan said the association will maintain its moderate ways saying, “we get further that way.” In a bilingual address to the general meeting, attended by some 175 people, she also urged Towns- See ASSOCIATION, page 3 U.S., Soviets may reach second arms accord WASHINGTON (CP) — The U.S.administration has a chance to reach an agreement with the Soviet Union on reducing long-range, strategic-offensive nuclear arsenals before it leaves office, administration and Senate leaders Thatcher: agreed Sunday.“I think there is a 50-50 chance they will get an agreement, at least in principle,” Senator Sam Nunn (D-Ga.), chairman of the Senate armed-services committee, said on NBC-TV’s Meet the Press.“Now getting it ratified (by the Senate) during that time frame is an entirely different question,” Nunn added.He did not elaborate.Nunn called the intermediate-range weapons accord “a pretty good agreement from our point of Arms reduction has gone far enough BONN (Reuter) — British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was quoted Sunday as saying nuclear arms cuts in Europe have gone far enough for the time being.In an interview with the West German magazine Der Spiegel, Thatcher denied she was skeptical about the wisdom of the agreement in principle between the United States and the Soviet Union to eliminate intermediate-range missiles worldwide.But she said Europe could never hope to match the Soviet Union in conventional military strength and chemical weapons.“We must, therefore, keep a few American atomic weapons in Europe,” Thatcher said.“I will never give up (Britain’s) independent nuclear deterrent and neither will France.‘‘You must see defence as a whole, and I have already made clear that, in my opinion, we should not disarm much further in nuclear arms.At least, not until we have a ban on chemical weapons and an approximate balance in conventional weapons.” Thatcher told Der Spiegel she believed the INF agreement was the result of NATO’s determination to match the Soviet medium-range missile build-up and of Moscow's realization that it was spending too much on arms.While expressing her "greatest respect for the courage of (Soviet leader Mikhail) Gorbachev” in facing up to his country’s economic problems, Thatcher cautioned that NATO must never let down its guard.“I support Gorbachev’s attempts to bring change.But in Soviet foreign policy I see no shift so far.It is still based on the idea that socialism is the right system for the whole world.” Liberal youth applaud Johnston’s speech against Meech Lake accord TRURO, N.S.(CP)—A first-year university student who openly questions John Turner’s national leadership was elected Saturday as president of the Nova Scotia Young Liberals by delegates who also applauded a Quebec MP who opposes the Meech Lake constitutional accord, which Turner supports.Douglas Hanson, 18, of Bridge-water, N.S., voted in favor of dumping Turner at a leadership review in November 1986, which gave Turner the support of 76 per cent of delegates to the Ottawa convention.“My vote has not changed,” Hanson said after winning the presidency in a two-way race with Ma-noj Benjamin, 25, of Dartmouth, N.S.But neither candidate made Turner’s leadership an issue in their campaign to head the provincial youth wing, which includes Li- berals under age 35.After electing Hanson, more than 200 delegates gave a standing ovation to Quebec MP Donald Johnston for a speech that condemned the Meech Lake constitutional accord as a document that damages national unity and could lead to a resurgence of separatism in Quebec.The agreement, signed by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and the 10 premiers, strengthens several provincial powers, recognizes Quebec as a distinct society and brought Quebec into the constitutional fold."It is dealing a mortal blow to a bilingual vision of Canada,” said Johnston, MP for the Montreal ri ding of St-Henri-Westmount “We are moving to a French Canada and an English Canada Powers will be accruing to Quebec which will not be available to Nova mond Begin of the Riviere-du-Loup and La Pocatiere stops.Riviere-du-Loup’s town clerk.Georges Deschenes, in charge of planning the two-hour visit, recal led that the Queen, who was then Princess Elizabeth, stopped there during her 1951 Canadian tour.“The Queen is special because there’s always a lot of publicity around her,” he commented."The newspapers continually write about her family.” As a gift for the royal couple, officials have prepared an album of photos taken when the Queen Mother and the late King George VI travelled through Riviere-du-Loup back in 1939.The political significance of the Quebec visit cannot be ignored.Deschenes admits that even in his tranquil town, the atmosphere surrounding a royal visit would have been cooler 10 years ago under the Parti Québécois government.Premier Robert Bourassa gave Ottawa the go-ahead for the Quebec portion of the visit last May, soon after signing the Meech Lake accord that met his government's conditions for endorsing the Constitution.Natives entitled to self-government Pope speaks out for aboriginal rights By Sylvia Strojek FORT SIMPSON, N.W.T.(CP) — Canadian Indians, Inuit and Métis are entitled to self-government and the land and resources necessary to make it work.Pope John Paul said Sunday.He said the Roman Catholic Church supports the struggle of native people for self-determination, and expressed optimism they can achieve their aims with God’s help.Officials prepare for final phase of talks TORONTO (CP) — Canadian and U.S.officials met secretly Satur day in preparation for the final round of free-trade negotiations opening today in Washington, the Toronto Globe and Mail reported Sunday.The report says Finance Minister Michael Wilson; Derek Burney, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's chief of staff; and Allan Go-tlieb, Canadian Ambassador to the United States, met U.S.Treasury Secretary James Baker for about an hour.Quoting Canadian sources, the Globe said free trade and other unspecified topics were on the agenda.The newspaper said the meeting was not a negotiating session but a political stock-taking in the final days before an agreement must be reached.The speech was welcomed by native leaders, who had feared the Pope might retreat from the endorsement of aboriginal rights he made in 1984, during his last visit to Canada.Louis Bruyere, head of the Native Council of Canada, said the speech may not move the federal government but will move Canadian Catholics to support the native position.The Pope spoke to about 5,000 natives huddled under plastic sheets against a chill morning drizzle.Many had travelled halfway across the Northwest Territories to attend the ceremonies in this Dene community, 500 kilometres south of the Arctic Circle.They stood for hours in the rain, listening to the haunting beat of drums and hymns.RAINBOW Moments before the Pope arrived, a rainbow arced across the Mackenzie River.Later, as the Pope donned his vestments for mass, the sun edged out.John Paul, looking somewhat haggard after a gruelling tour of the United States, came to keep a promise he made after fog prevented his plane from landing in Fort See NATIVES, page 2.view” but complained the United States and NATO have not developed a strategy to improve conventional defences and negotiate a conventional-arms pact with the Soviet Union.The intermediate-range weapons accord, by western projections, would require Moscow to sc- 'p more than 1,500 warheads on S; , SS4, SS12, and SS23 missiles while Washington would have to destroy an estimated 348 warheads on Pershing-2 and cruise missiles.An informal agreement not included in the treaty would also cover U.S.-controlled warheads on 72 West German Pershing-lAs, said U.S.officials.Scotia." Johnston said Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa admitted the weakness of the accord in a speech to the Quebec legislature.The MP quoted Bourassa as saying only Quebec benefitted from the deal and “Quebec associates voluntarily with Canada and we can end it any time.” Johnston predicted the agreement will breathe new life into the separatist Parti Québécois, which is now' the official opposition in Quebec.“They will be back and the PQ now has a vehicle in the Constitution which can be used as a stepping stone to sovereignty-association,” Johnston said.Johnston was finance critic in Turner’s shadow cabinet but resigned after Turner announced his party would support the Meech Lake accord •fi /i \ N RECORD 1'I KKY BE \ I ON I got it! No, I got it! Bishop’s Gaiters' wide receiver (So.SH) Bertand Joyal very closely joins a couple of tied up Carleton Ravens in trying to nab a ball in flight on Saturday.The Gaiters kept their winning ways alive by downing the visiting Ravens 42-13 on homecoming weekend.Stories on page 10. 2—The RECORD—Monday, September 21,1987 Kelleher: Air India case will not be hurt by reports of bungling OTTAWA (CP) — The investigation of the 1985 downing of an Air-India jumbo jet will not be hurt by revelations that security agents bungled another terrorist case, says Solicitor General James Kelleher, Kelleher told interviewers on CTV’s Question Period that he has been assured by RCMP Commissioner Norman Inkster that the Mounties are continuing to press the Air-India investigation.“It’s a question as to the point when you can go before a court and lay a charge,” said the minister.Conspiracy charges in another case, arising from a 1986 assassi- nation attempt against a visiting Punjabi cabinet minister, had to be stayed last week after the Canadian Security Intelligence Service admitted it had used erroneous information to obtain a judicial warrant for a wiretap.The wiretap authorization had been granted only two weeks after the Air-India plane, bound from Toronto and Montreal to Bombay, was brought down by a suspected terrorist bomb in June 1985 with the loss of 329 lives.The tap remained in effect for a full year and produced evidence that was eventually used to charge nine British Columbia Sikhs with conspiracy in the shooting of Punjab Planning Minister Malikat Singh Sidhu.CAN’T BE USED The wiretap evidence now is considered legally tainted and cannot be used in court.But Kelleher said the information gathered for the Sidhu case had “absolutely nothing to do with the Air-India investigation.There’s no connection between the evidence gathered in that case and in the Air-India case.” The minister reiterated that although a general security alert had been issued in June 1985, because of fears that militant Sikhs might strike against Air-India, there was no tip that a bomb plot was afoot against a specific flight.Families of some victims are suing the government for damages, claiming that a general warning of potential terrorist attack was good enough and the Transport Department and RCMP should have provided tighter security.Air-India and its insurance company have made the same claims of inadequate security in a civil suit seeking damages for the cost of replacing the plane.As for the Sidhu shooting, Kelleher admitted investigative problems went beyond the bungled wiretap and said he may take disci- plinary action.KNEW IN ADVANCE He did not elaborate, but transcripts of the wiretaps made public this week show CSIS knew eight days in advance that the minister would be visiting Vancouver Island and knew the day before he was shot that there had been talk of roughing him up.Sources have disclosed that no security measures were taken because a B.C.agent for CSIS never passed the information either to Ottawa headquarters or to the RCMP.Kelleher acknowledged he is troubled by the disclosure that Marc Boivin, a Quebec union acti- visit who has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to bomb a chain of hotels during a labor dispute, had worked as a CSIS informant.The minister has ordered an investigation but has refused to discuss whether the service has infiltrated other unions.He admitted to jurisdictional battles between the RCMP and CSIS, and that morale within the security service is low.But he rejected suggestions, voiced anonymously by some CSIS sources, that the service is the target of so much political criticism and so many official inquriries that agents can’t do their jobs.Poll: Growing despair MpW—Monday, September 21, 1987—11 ____ttgi ImUUJIU Sherbrooke mauls Montreal in annual Canadiens matchup Who says big guys are better, anyway By Craig Pearson SHERBROOKE —The Montreal Canadiens got practical instruction from their farm team counterparts Sunday, surrendering their annual pre-season matchup to the Sherbrooke Canadiens 7-1.Sherbrooke’s José Charbonneau showed why he was a 1985 first-round draft pick for Montreal by scoring twice in the light-hiting match designed to let all players get ice-time experience.A main reason the American Hockey League’s Sherbrooke team downed its National Hockey League parent club was excellent goaltending from netminders Jocelyn Perreault and Vincent Riendeau who both performed acrobatics to keep the puck out of the net.Montreal easily outshot Sherbrooke 42-22.But Riendeau thinks the Sherbrooke players had more motivation.“A lot of guys had to prove something tonight and they didn't have a lot to prove,” Riendeau said.“Me and Joe did it tonight.We hope we get our chance tin the NHL) too.We don’t want to give them an easy way to cut us.” But Perreault said he had another motivational reason for the game “This was my first game with (new coach) Pat Burns.And I felt it really meant a lot to him.” he said.“We had our work cut out for us and we did it." NO DECISIONS All final decisions have not been announced on who will remain in Sherbrooke.Bob Gainey waited no longer than 34 seconds to pop in the game’s first goal high over Perreault.In this case, however, the early bird lost out.Sherbrooke scored the next seven goals starting with Charbon-neau’s quick flip past Montreal goalie Patrick Roy at 3:41 of the first period.Next on the scoring list was Guy Rouleau who slid a halfspeed shot past a sprawled out Roy.Wayne Gagne notched the next goal at 15:45 before Charbonneau scored his second of the evening by smacking a quick pass from point-blank range on the left side.Mike Keane then potted one 17 seconds before the end of the first-period scoring fest.In the middle period, Sherbrooke rookies Marc Saumier and Martin Desjardins showed their parent club players a thing or two with goals at 3:40 and 16:00 respectively.Montreal was unable to avenge last year’s 6-5 loss to Sherbrooke in a shootout.Some notable Montreal players who did not play were John Kordic, Chris Nilan, Mike Laylor, and Shayne Corson .1 ‘ Goaltender Jocelyn Perreault stops one of the many shots he faced.Pat Burns watches his team perform well.Puff, puff, puff! Sherbrooke natives Joël Saint-Louis {left) and Y van Simoneau, who finished fourth and fith respectively, run together in the 14th annual Demi-Marathon des Cantons in which roughly 500 runners were entered.Denis Cloutier won the race while setting a course record in the 21 k division with a time of 1:07:26.Rennée iMflamme won the women's division with a time of 1:22:08.____________________________________________ NFL might strike next week Paddlers hit Lac des Nations RECORD/PERRY BEATON Action was heavy (and wet) for the 200 atheltes who participated in the Canadian champinships in longdistance canoeing nd kayaking.Held on Lac des Nations outside of Jacques Cartier’s Armand Nadeau Pavillion, it was the first time the Candian championships have been held in Sherbrooke.Quebec dominated the competition in the one-man and two-man divisions, with a notable performance from paddling partners David Blanchette and Nicolas Le-may of the Club nautique de Sherbrooke.NEW YORK (AP) — NFL teams played what could be their final games of 1987 Sunday, 48 hours away from a strike that seemed inevitable unless someone could “pull a rabbit out of a hat.” There was hardly a hint of optimism as 26 of the league’s 28 teams took the field under the shadow of the second strike in six years and the fifth since 1968.It will start when the other two teams, the New York Jets and New England Patriots, complete their game scheduled for tonight.“My agenda now is to prepare for a strike,” Gene Upshaw, executive director of the NFL Players Association, said at union headquarters in Washington, where picket signs were ready for Tuesday’s walkout.No new talks were scheduled, and the two sides were unable even to agree on their disagreements.The owners claimed the players’ demand for free agency was the sole issue that couldn’t be resolved easily; the union said the owners were stalling on a vast range of issues.Owners, meanwhile, were going ahead with plans to play games with free agents.Several teams claimed they had nearly full rosters signed to resume play in two weeks, the fourth week of the .season.Was there any hope?STILL HOPEFUL “I’m still working on the theory that we might be able to pull a rabbit out of a hat,” Jack Donlan, executive director of the NFL Management Council, said Sunday.“I don’t think it’s likely, but 1 have to keep thinking that way.” But Upshaw saw no rabbits on the horizon following the most recent meeting, an informal three-hour session between the two chief negotiators Friday.At those talks, the union rejected Donlan’s request for a 30-day extension of the strike deadline.The versions of those informal talks were symbolic of the chasm between the sides.Tables turned on golfs Lopez KENT, Wash.(AP) — Jan Stephenson beat Nancy Lopez Sunday to win the $225,000 US Safeco Classic for her 15th victory in 14 years on the Ladies Professional Golf Association tour.Last weekend, Lopez beat Stephenson by a stroke to win the Cellular One-Ping Championship in Portland, Ore.Stephenson, who shared the lead after the second round — and was one stroke off the pace going into the final 18 holes — shot a 4-under-par 68 on the 6,222-yard Meridian Valley Country Club course Sunday for a 72-hole total of 277 to purse the $33,750 first prize.Lopez started the day three shots behind the leaders and closed with a 67 to finish with 278 to collect $20,812 in the next-to-last LPGA event of the year.Lopez is skipping the final event after finishing no worse than second in her last four tournaments.Missie Berteotti, who shared the lead after the second and third rounds, shot a par 72 for 280 to finish third, the best she has done in her two years on the LPGA tour.CANADIAN SCORES Dawn Coe of Lake Cowichan, B.C., who was the early third-round leader with a 67 Sunday, finished 10 strokes off the lead at 287.Barb Bunkowsky of Burlington, Ont., shot a 73 for a 296 total.Chris Johnson carded a 68 for 281 to finish fourth, while third-round co-leader Cindy Hill soared to a 74 and wound up in a fifth-place tie with Missie McGeorge at 282.McGeorge closed with her second 67 of the tournament.Today’s Great Hits and Local News.Nobody offers a better deal for a Cellular * ¦' i Telephone LEASING For the MO Mobile Cellular Telephone • 3 years warranty • Possible 2 number use • Communication timer • 16 number display • Signal for calls during absence • 100 number memory The following EXTRA OPTIONS improve flexibility: • Free hand use • Radio silencer - cuts off radio when we dial or receive a call • Kit for a second vehicle • Kit for transportation - for por-table use of telephone • Based on a 39 month leasing.A.A.C.Flrat payment in advance.________________________________ MOBILÉ CELLULAR TELEPHONES cindré radio SHERBROOKE MAGOG GRANBY j 3040.King Guest.563-9744 1903.me Sherbrooke.B43-9551 590, Boul.Boivin, 378-361t ^4 7i ! AM: 900 cable FM: 90,9 t 1 12—The RECORD—Monday, September 21, 1B87 Monday, Sept.21,1987 BRIDGE James Jacoby NORTH l-tl-17 ?K Q 7 6 ¥A8 ?A K 10 5 ?J 5 4 WEST EAST ?A J 10 4 498 » 9 V 6 V K J 10 5 4 3 2 ?J 9 7 2 ?Q 6 ?92 476 SOUTH ?532 ?8 4 3 ?A K Q 10 8 3 Vulnerable: North-South Dealer: North West North East South 1 NT 3 V 44 Pass 4* Pass 64 Pass Pass Pass Opening lead: V 6 The right time for a squeeze “A New Approach to Play and Defense,” last year’s award-winning book by Eddie Kantar, was so well received that a second volume has been published.The deals are different but the theme is the same.You first have the chance to place yourself in the role of declarer.Later on, the same deal is repeated, sometimes with slight changes, and you have the opportunity to come up with the winning defensive play.In today's deal, South bid six clubs after North had cue-bid the heart ace to show a maximum no-trump opening with both heart control and club support Declarer won dummy’s ace of hearts, came to his hand with a club and led a spade toward dummy.He did not draw trumps right away because he needed communication back to his hand.West ducked and the king won in dummy.Declarer returned to his hand with a second club, exhausting the opponents of trumps, and played a second spade.West ducked once again, and dummy’s queen won.If declarer plays a third spade, hoping that the suit will split, West can play a fourth spade and South will later lose a diamond.Instead, declarer should now play dummy's remaining heart, shedding his small spade on it.He can now ruff dummy’s third spade, leaving West holding the master spade in front of dummy.But now the trump suit is run, and West is squeezed between his last spade and his four diamonds to the jack.Eventually he must either throw away the high spade or unguard the diamond suit, and the slam is made.ASTRO •GRAPH Bernice Bede Osol 43-4402 * *